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the colgate maroon founded 1868 â€¢ vol lvi i colgate university hamilton n v wednesday jan 28 1 925 no is st stephens five beaten by colgate clark's speed proves outstanding feature superior pass work is responsible for maroon's decisive victory over visitors showing a decided superiority in every department of the game the colgate quin tet had little diff culty in turning in a 37-24 victory over the st stephen's college team of annandale-on-the-hudson in the gymnasium on saturday night fresh from a one-point victory over the powerful clarkson tech aggregation the visitors were expected to cause all kinds of trouble for the maroon team but such was not the case colgate scored first and held the lead throughout the game st stephen's proved dangerous at no time during the struggle and the outcome was never in doubt in some ways it was the least interesting of the eight games that have been played on the home court perhaps this was largely because of the fact that the maroon quintet scored at will and completely out played the visitors but neither team was at its best and the play was at times list less colgate however rose above mediocrity at points in the tussle and showed flashes of real basketball this together with individual biilliancy made up in large part fcr the one-sided aspect of the game ray clark diminutive forward was the outstanding figure of saturday's contest time and again he broke through the de fense of the visitors to receive the ball un der the basket and toss it in for a field goal he was in the thick of every play besides taking the scoring honors of the game with six field goals and three free throws kennedy played his usually fine game at guard he also tallied four times from the court and lengthened his lead in foul point scoring by tossing in four from the foul line seybolt although failing to register in the scoring column played a good floor game while stone clearly out played his opponent stolp playing at left forward was the leading point-getter for the visitors bitt ner and rogan substituting during the last few minutes accounted for more points in the short time that they were on the floor than had their teammates during the entire first half both teams proved weak from the foul line in 23 chances the maroon athletes tossed 11 baskets while the st stephens players made good only 6 out of a possible i 7 coach reid sent stone in at center sat urday night and started cashion at guard in the place of livermore this combina tion did not work as well as it might have however and the maroon captain was sent into the struggle towaids the middle of the half during the last few minutes coach reid used a half dozen substitutes and st stephens took advantage of it to run their score from 17 to 24 clark started the scoring for colgate with a field basket followed by a foul field tallies by stone and kennedy made it seven counts before the visitors scored on r kennedy's free throw wilson added two points on a shot from midcourt but livermore overcame this with a foul and a field goal kennedy's long basket and two fouls by clark made the score 12-5 wilson scored his second field tally but successive goals by clark and kennedy made the score 16-7 as the half ended g stolp was first to register a count after the intermission when he tossed one from under the basket kennedy's fcul shot was duplicated by stolp livermore made a clean field basket which was followed by stolp's foul point at this stage the maroon advance became a landslide as stone clark and kennedy tossed suc cessive field goals another foul by r kennedy and a field basket by stolp temporarily halted the colgate machine winter carnival plans are near completion gym dance and winter sports events feature party plans are rapidly being completed for the undertaking of the most extensive winter carnival ever held at colgate uni versity the party is to extend through february 19th 20th 21st a university ball house dances and winter sports will complete the program the committee has announced that mr walter mcÃŸiide miss zoller and her partner charles marx are to give an exhi bition of fancy skating mr marx re cently was awarded second prize for fancy skating at an international contest held at lake placid mr mcÃŸride is also a skater of distinction being well known for his work at lake placid interest in the participation of the student body and their guests in the winter sports has been stimulated by the an nouncement that a cup is to be presented to the group winning the greatest number of points in the sports events individual prizes have been offered by the business men of hamilton included in the list of sport events are cross country 100 yard and 220 yard ski races snow shoe races and ice races if it proves to be advisable the freshmen will be asked to clear the snow from taylor lake in order to hold races there ihe toboggan slide is being perfected by the freshmen under the direc tion of letcher coe 2 chairman of the sports committee ihe course of the slide has been constructed from the third hole en the golf course extending to the first tee the number of individuals who are taking in the party is rapidly increasing and in view of the fact that the carnival ball committee has been guaranteed an attendance of at least two hundred indi cations are that this will be the biggest affair of its kind ever held at colgate willow path to make appearance next week initial issue by new editorial staff will present high class of literary effort t he long looked for and eagerly await ed initial issue of the willow path col gate's literary publication will make its debut for the current year sometime dur ing next week according to an announce ment recently made by editor-in-chief r x graham 25 this is the first issue which has been produced under the supervision of the present board and from all indications promises to be the best in the history of the publication the feature of the issue is a story water bonds by f w case 27 which deals with the problems of a rural com munity in missouri a story of college life the grind by t r langley 27 and a grotesque tale called crazed by a w bush 27 complete this portion of the issue other outstanding contri butions are a bizarre sketch the death of the things he loved by l b goode nough 25 a tale containing the history of mercury one of the most famous of colgate's traditions called an exiled god by g h faulkner an essay on the poetic temperament by r x graham 25 and an in memoiiam dedicated to anatole france and joseph conrad by r t colwell 25 there are numerous contributions of verse by r x graham 25 r t colwell 25 e r clements 26 h o beach 26 t l conklin 27 and r e howard 27 while reviews of recent books by f f sheets 26 r t colwell 25 f b vree land 25 and h s evans 25 round out a well-balanced issue a frontispiece by g f swartz 25 and other art work by h c millard 26 adds greatly to the attractiveness of this issue musical clubs give concert at oneonta crowds fill hall to hear initial recital transportation conditions necessitate cut in number first intended to be taken colgate mi sicians gave their first con cert of the itinerary for the present season when the glee club and quartets weie heaid in the normal school audi torium at oneonta last saturday evening a group of forty-seven men including the club the vocal quartet and the string quartet made the trip which was under the direction of assistant manager e r clements 26 the clionian fraternity of the school locally managed and spon sored the concert in a very satisfactory manner it was followed by dancing for which the music was furnished by a six piece campus orchestra the program was enthusiastically re ceived and particularly the numbers by the two quartets professor hoerrner had originally planned to use the entire first section of the glee club but unfortu nate weather conditions necessitated the abandonment of busses and the use of railroad transportation consequently the squad had to be cut by about one third and the remainder was considerably handicapped by the sudden shift some confusion was occasioned by a departure two hours in advance of the scheduled time in order to catch a train the re turn trip was made by the way of ran dallsville from where sleighs had to be taken back to the campus this trip is the first of at least three pre liminaries which will be conducted by the assistant managers under the new plan adopted last year early in the spring the clubs will go to rome to fulfill a long desired concert engagement and another week-end they will be heard at cswego and fulton these two trips will be managed by o.g judd 26 and w l wheeler ji 26 w s cole 25 is now planning the annual easter tour of the colgate sym phony the glee club quartet and soloists only a few dates are yet certain but it is expected that concerts will be given at albany one or more in new york and the vicinity philadelphia washington scran ton and some intermediate cities the first open rehearsal of the sym phony was held in the chapel a week ago yesterday and attended by a small but enthusiastic group numerous requests have been received by professo hoerrner for a continuation of the practice an nouncement of later dates will soon be made whereas a glee club concert had been planned as part of the events of carnival this has since been cancelled shortly afterwards the club will probably be heard in its usual mid-winter program the oneonta concert included the fol lowing numbers songs of colgate a when through thy valley b colgate days quartet love's old sweet song molloy winter song bullard string quartet the mil raff-pochon sylvia oley speaks a persian serenade harriet ware b rolling i own to rioâ€”edward german quartet kashmiri song woodforde-finden a swing low sweet chariot spiritual incidental solo sung by mr everett schultheis b give a rouse bantoch string quartet angel gabtiel arr by alfred pochon invktus huhn alma mater house warming is held by phi gamma deltas three hundred gather to celebrate in new home one of the outstanding social events of the college year took place on saturday last when theta psi chapter of phi gamma delta held a formal reception and house warming on the occasion of opening their new home fully three hundred people were present during the evening including a large number of townspeople in addition to practically all the faculty as well as student representatives and alumni from the chapter the receiving line consisted of n p bromfield mrs william reid mrs melvin reid and mrs cutten while those who poured were mrs spencer mrs bur hans mrs crawshaw mrs wood mrs huntington mrs french mrs whitnall and mrs f w smith the music was from syracuse the opening of this new fraternity house marks the latest addition to fraternity row and incorporates some of the most modern innovations in buildings of this type the color scheme is cream and white throughout the first floor while the upstairs is furnished in dark oak young of ithaca is the architect he has combined simplicity with utility which is marking the construction of recent campus houses the front rooms of the two upper floors are used for study while the dormitory is in the rear the sleeping quarters are in closed by folding windows on the wost which may be adjusted to suit the con dition of the weather accommodations are provided for about thirty five men to live in the house local stone is used in the walls which gives a similarity of outside appearance with the new buildings on the campus proper boxing squad suffers by loss of five men coach harlow is confronted with problem of selecting another team to face opponents due to the loss of five men to the squad within the last ten days coach harlow again faces the problem of building up a winning combination for the colgate boxing team the five men who have had to leave the squad are ahalt donham geddes stanton and cunningham all of whom have shown real ability and two of whom ahalt and donham were suc cessful in their bouts in the recent syra cuse meet at the beginning of the season pros pects were not very bright due to the loss of a number of last year's team how ever the syracuse match showed that a ieal boxing team had been brought to gether to represent the maroon this win ter the loss of five good men just as the season gets under way is another blow to the prospects of a successful season yet the outlook is not as gloomy as it might be two new men searles and harris both of whom show promise of ability have come out for the team ross strack and reach are still going strong holding down their places in their respective classes and several othei men are displaying considerable improve ment particularly rutishauser i.aÃŸue fistere day schnepel steinberg r.nd davis lloyd of last year's squad and ahalt are helping coach harlow with his charges the colgate-boston university meet scheduled for last friday at utica was cancelled by the hub city aggregation due to a conflict with their mid-year examinations efforts ate now being made to secure them or some other lead ing college to fill the only open date on the colgate schedule february 14 if a meet is secured it will beheld in utica 1 here is a possibility that the colgate army meet january 31,(wi1l be cancelled rowland contest is won by f a cooper unusual excellence is shown by all speakers large audience braves severe weather to witness annual orations competition f a cooper of cortland was awarded the fifty-dollar prize as winner of the an nual rowland oration contest in memori al chapel last thursday evening five seniors participated in the contest the award for which was established by the late eugene a rowland 84 and is now maintained by mrs rowland the orations nil of which were to concern some phase in american history were of the usual high quality in composition and were delivered in such excellent style as to make the selection of a winner difficult the judges were mr h c lyman 77 and professors f l shep ardson and s e baldwin despite the bitter cold of the night an audience of five hundred greeted the con testants and was well pleased with the progiam professor guy c wood pre siding at the contest introduced as the first speaker g h martin of danville 111 martin's subject glimpses of col gate was one which appealed strongly to his audience t he speaker traced the historical de velopment of the university fiom its foundation by pioneers of education in 1819 to its present-day place among the great intellectual institutions of america he recalled the colgate of yesterday discussed the colgate of today and ap pealed for the colgate of tomorrow martin declaied that there is a tend ency for us to think too little of the earn est efforts of our fathers we have a trust to fulfill we must cany on the faith of our fathers bright was our past happy is our present and illustrious our future summarized the speaker but if colgate's future is to be all we want it to be we must maintain our alma mater as a democracy and look upon all ques tions with open mind f a cooper winner of the contest chose as his subject above the veil t he oration concerned the negro prob lem and gave evidence of careful thought and preparation cooper lamented the fact that although the american negro has legally been equalized to his wnite brother there still exists between the two a veil of prejudice drawn taut and unmistakable fiom its eailiest stage in the world of ignorant blacks tc its attainment of rosy heights in american civilization the intellectual capacity of the negro was traced by the speaker for a long time the negro remained the slave the work animal of the whites knowing naught of intellectual or moral advancement eut his first opportunity came in the t uskegee institute since then education has spread rapidly among the american colored people until they are now begin ning to 1 ival the whites in mental develop ment the negro's struggle has been one against unjust criticism he has proven hims if let us entertain a courageous sympathy for him and his thoughts cooper concluded j t stratum of far hills n j chose as his theme the dusk of the nation he based his oration upon the outcome of the loeb-leopold case and its sig nificance to us as a christian nation the franks murder shows that there are fact ors at work in america tending to lower cur social standards these factors are like wild beasts which lurk in the dusk of our nation trying to drag the nation from the day time of present civilization back into the night of barbarism de clared stratton continued on page 5 continued on page 5

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the colgate maroon founded 1868 â€¢ vol lvi i colgate university hamilton n v wednesday jan 28 1 925 no is st stephens five beaten by colgate clark's speed proves outstanding feature superior pass work is responsible for maroon's decisive victory over visitors showing a decided superiority in every department of the game the colgate quin tet had little diff culty in turning in a 37-24 victory over the st stephen's college team of annandale-on-the-hudson in the gymnasium on saturday night fresh from a one-point victory over the powerful clarkson tech aggregation the visitors were expected to cause all kinds of trouble for the maroon team but such was not the case colgate scored first and held the lead throughout the game st stephen's proved dangerous at no time during the struggle and the outcome was never in doubt in some ways it was the least interesting of the eight games that have been played on the home court perhaps this was largely because of the fact that the maroon quintet scored at will and completely out played the visitors but neither team was at its best and the play was at times list less colgate however rose above mediocrity at points in the tussle and showed flashes of real basketball this together with individual biilliancy made up in large part fcr the one-sided aspect of the game ray clark diminutive forward was the outstanding figure of saturday's contest time and again he broke through the de fense of the visitors to receive the ball un der the basket and toss it in for a field goal he was in the thick of every play besides taking the scoring honors of the game with six field goals and three free throws kennedy played his usually fine game at guard he also tallied four times from the court and lengthened his lead in foul point scoring by tossing in four from the foul line seybolt although failing to register in the scoring column played a good floor game while stone clearly out played his opponent stolp playing at left forward was the leading point-getter for the visitors bitt ner and rogan substituting during the last few minutes accounted for more points in the short time that they were on the floor than had their teammates during the entire first half both teams proved weak from the foul line in 23 chances the maroon athletes tossed 11 baskets while the st stephens players made good only 6 out of a possible i 7 coach reid sent stone in at center sat urday night and started cashion at guard in the place of livermore this combina tion did not work as well as it might have however and the maroon captain was sent into the struggle towaids the middle of the half during the last few minutes coach reid used a half dozen substitutes and st stephens took advantage of it to run their score from 17 to 24 clark started the scoring for colgate with a field basket followed by a foul field tallies by stone and kennedy made it seven counts before the visitors scored on r kennedy's free throw wilson added two points on a shot from midcourt but livermore overcame this with a foul and a field goal kennedy's long basket and two fouls by clark made the score 12-5 wilson scored his second field tally but successive goals by clark and kennedy made the score 16-7 as the half ended g stolp was first to register a count after the intermission when he tossed one from under the basket kennedy's fcul shot was duplicated by stolp livermore made a clean field basket which was followed by stolp's foul point at this stage the maroon advance became a landslide as stone clark and kennedy tossed suc cessive field goals another foul by r kennedy and a field basket by stolp temporarily halted the colgate machine winter carnival plans are near completion gym dance and winter sports events feature party plans are rapidly being completed for the undertaking of the most extensive winter carnival ever held at colgate uni versity the party is to extend through february 19th 20th 21st a university ball house dances and winter sports will complete the program the committee has announced that mr walter mcÃŸiide miss zoller and her partner charles marx are to give an exhi bition of fancy skating mr marx re cently was awarded second prize for fancy skating at an international contest held at lake placid mr mcÃŸride is also a skater of distinction being well known for his work at lake placid interest in the participation of the student body and their guests in the winter sports has been stimulated by the an nouncement that a cup is to be presented to the group winning the greatest number of points in the sports events individual prizes have been offered by the business men of hamilton included in the list of sport events are cross country 100 yard and 220 yard ski races snow shoe races and ice races if it proves to be advisable the freshmen will be asked to clear the snow from taylor lake in order to hold races there ihe toboggan slide is being perfected by the freshmen under the direc tion of letcher coe 2 chairman of the sports committee ihe course of the slide has been constructed from the third hole en the golf course extending to the first tee the number of individuals who are taking in the party is rapidly increasing and in view of the fact that the carnival ball committee has been guaranteed an attendance of at least two hundred indi cations are that this will be the biggest affair of its kind ever held at colgate willow path to make appearance next week initial issue by new editorial staff will present high class of literary effort t he long looked for and eagerly await ed initial issue of the willow path col gate's literary publication will make its debut for the current year sometime dur ing next week according to an announce ment recently made by editor-in-chief r x graham 25 this is the first issue which has been produced under the supervision of the present board and from all indications promises to be the best in the history of the publication the feature of the issue is a story water bonds by f w case 27 which deals with the problems of a rural com munity in missouri a story of college life the grind by t r langley 27 and a grotesque tale called crazed by a w bush 27 complete this portion of the issue other outstanding contri butions are a bizarre sketch the death of the things he loved by l b goode nough 25 a tale containing the history of mercury one of the most famous of colgate's traditions called an exiled god by g h faulkner an essay on the poetic temperament by r x graham 25 and an in memoiiam dedicated to anatole france and joseph conrad by r t colwell 25 there are numerous contributions of verse by r x graham 25 r t colwell 25 e r clements 26 h o beach 26 t l conklin 27 and r e howard 27 while reviews of recent books by f f sheets 26 r t colwell 25 f b vree land 25 and h s evans 25 round out a well-balanced issue a frontispiece by g f swartz 25 and other art work by h c millard 26 adds greatly to the attractiveness of this issue musical clubs give concert at oneonta crowds fill hall to hear initial recital transportation conditions necessitate cut in number first intended to be taken colgate mi sicians gave their first con cert of the itinerary for the present season when the glee club and quartets weie heaid in the normal school audi torium at oneonta last saturday evening a group of forty-seven men including the club the vocal quartet and the string quartet made the trip which was under the direction of assistant manager e r clements 26 the clionian fraternity of the school locally managed and spon sored the concert in a very satisfactory manner it was followed by dancing for which the music was furnished by a six piece campus orchestra the program was enthusiastically re ceived and particularly the numbers by the two quartets professor hoerrner had originally planned to use the entire first section of the glee club but unfortu nate weather conditions necessitated the abandonment of busses and the use of railroad transportation consequently the squad had to be cut by about one third and the remainder was considerably handicapped by the sudden shift some confusion was occasioned by a departure two hours in advance of the scheduled time in order to catch a train the re turn trip was made by the way of ran dallsville from where sleighs had to be taken back to the campus this trip is the first of at least three pre liminaries which will be conducted by the assistant managers under the new plan adopted last year early in the spring the clubs will go to rome to fulfill a long desired concert engagement and another week-end they will be heard at cswego and fulton these two trips will be managed by o.g judd 26 and w l wheeler ji 26 w s cole 25 is now planning the annual easter tour of the colgate sym phony the glee club quartet and soloists only a few dates are yet certain but it is expected that concerts will be given at albany one or more in new york and the vicinity philadelphia washington scran ton and some intermediate cities the first open rehearsal of the sym phony was held in the chapel a week ago yesterday and attended by a small but enthusiastic group numerous requests have been received by professo hoerrner for a continuation of the practice an nouncement of later dates will soon be made whereas a glee club concert had been planned as part of the events of carnival this has since been cancelled shortly afterwards the club will probably be heard in its usual mid-winter program the oneonta concert included the fol lowing numbers songs of colgate a when through thy valley b colgate days quartet love's old sweet song molloy winter song bullard string quartet the mil raff-pochon sylvia oley speaks a persian serenade harriet ware b rolling i own to rioâ€”edward german quartet kashmiri song woodforde-finden a swing low sweet chariot spiritual incidental solo sung by mr everett schultheis b give a rouse bantoch string quartet angel gabtiel arr by alfred pochon invktus huhn alma mater house warming is held by phi gamma deltas three hundred gather to celebrate in new home one of the outstanding social events of the college year took place on saturday last when theta psi chapter of phi gamma delta held a formal reception and house warming on the occasion of opening their new home fully three hundred people were present during the evening including a large number of townspeople in addition to practically all the faculty as well as student representatives and alumni from the chapter the receiving line consisted of n p bromfield mrs william reid mrs melvin reid and mrs cutten while those who poured were mrs spencer mrs bur hans mrs crawshaw mrs wood mrs huntington mrs french mrs whitnall and mrs f w smith the music was from syracuse the opening of this new fraternity house marks the latest addition to fraternity row and incorporates some of the most modern innovations in buildings of this type the color scheme is cream and white throughout the first floor while the upstairs is furnished in dark oak young of ithaca is the architect he has combined simplicity with utility which is marking the construction of recent campus houses the front rooms of the two upper floors are used for study while the dormitory is in the rear the sleeping quarters are in closed by folding windows on the wost which may be adjusted to suit the con dition of the weather accommodations are provided for about thirty five men to live in the house local stone is used in the walls which gives a similarity of outside appearance with the new buildings on the campus proper boxing squad suffers by loss of five men coach harlow is confronted with problem of selecting another team to face opponents due to the loss of five men to the squad within the last ten days coach harlow again faces the problem of building up a winning combination for the colgate boxing team the five men who have had to leave the squad are ahalt donham geddes stanton and cunningham all of whom have shown real ability and two of whom ahalt and donham were suc cessful in their bouts in the recent syra cuse meet at the beginning of the season pros pects were not very bright due to the loss of a number of last year's team how ever the syracuse match showed that a ieal boxing team had been brought to gether to represent the maroon this win ter the loss of five good men just as the season gets under way is another blow to the prospects of a successful season yet the outlook is not as gloomy as it might be two new men searles and harris both of whom show promise of ability have come out for the team ross strack and reach are still going strong holding down their places in their respective classes and several othei men are displaying considerable improve ment particularly rutishauser i.aÃŸue fistere day schnepel steinberg r.nd davis lloyd of last year's squad and ahalt are helping coach harlow with his charges the colgate-boston university meet scheduled for last friday at utica was cancelled by the hub city aggregation due to a conflict with their mid-year examinations efforts ate now being made to secure them or some other lead ing college to fill the only open date on the colgate schedule february 14 if a meet is secured it will beheld in utica 1 here is a possibility that the colgate army meet january 31,(wi1l be cancelled rowland contest is won by f a cooper unusual excellence is shown by all speakers large audience braves severe weather to witness annual orations competition f a cooper of cortland was awarded the fifty-dollar prize as winner of the an nual rowland oration contest in memori al chapel last thursday evening five seniors participated in the contest the award for which was established by the late eugene a rowland 84 and is now maintained by mrs rowland the orations nil of which were to concern some phase in american history were of the usual high quality in composition and were delivered in such excellent style as to make the selection of a winner difficult the judges were mr h c lyman 77 and professors f l shep ardson and s e baldwin despite the bitter cold of the night an audience of five hundred greeted the con testants and was well pleased with the progiam professor guy c wood pre siding at the contest introduced as the first speaker g h martin of danville 111 martin's subject glimpses of col gate was one which appealed strongly to his audience t he speaker traced the historical de velopment of the university fiom its foundation by pioneers of education in 1819 to its present-day place among the great intellectual institutions of america he recalled the colgate of yesterday discussed the colgate of today and ap pealed for the colgate of tomorrow martin declaied that there is a tend ency for us to think too little of the earn est efforts of our fathers we have a trust to fulfill we must cany on the faith of our fathers bright was our past happy is our present and illustrious our future summarized the speaker but if colgate's future is to be all we want it to be we must maintain our alma mater as a democracy and look upon all ques tions with open mind f a cooper winner of the contest chose as his subject above the veil t he oration concerned the negro prob lem and gave evidence of careful thought and preparation cooper lamented the fact that although the american negro has legally been equalized to his wnite brother there still exists between the two a veil of prejudice drawn taut and unmistakable fiom its eailiest stage in the world of ignorant blacks tc its attainment of rosy heights in american civilization the intellectual capacity of the negro was traced by the speaker for a long time the negro remained the slave the work animal of the whites knowing naught of intellectual or moral advancement eut his first opportunity came in the t uskegee institute since then education has spread rapidly among the american colored people until they are now begin ning to 1 ival the whites in mental develop ment the negro's struggle has been one against unjust criticism he has proven hims if let us entertain a courageous sympathy for him and his thoughts cooper concluded j t stratum of far hills n j chose as his theme the dusk of the nation he based his oration upon the outcome of the loeb-leopold case and its sig nificance to us as a christian nation the franks murder shows that there are fact ors at work in america tending to lower cur social standards these factors are like wild beasts which lurk in the dusk of our nation trying to drag the nation from the day time of present civilization back into the night of barbarism de clared stratton continued on page 5 continued on page 5